The Honours Bachelor of Community Mental Health (BCMH) degree offers students a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to studying mental health and addictions. 

Students will learn about the social determinants of health, social justice and biopsychosocial frameworks to gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in delivering community-based mental health and addictions services. 

The program’s focus on recovery-oriented mental health equips students with essential skills to analyze how services benefit individuals, families and communities. 

Students at Seneca College will explore a range of topics and evidence-based practices related to mental health and addictions, including: 

Therapeutic approaches, trauma-informed practices, communication and counselling techniques and social determinants of health to promote healthy communities.

The Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation accredits the BCMH program. This gold standard certification allows graduates to become Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellors.

Skills

Throughout this program, you will develop the following skills:

• implement individual and community needs assessment plans
• administer health and mental health education strategies, interventions and programs
• conduct evaluation and research related to health and mental health
• demonstrate critical thinking skills to assess recovery-oriented support services

This program is offered in Seneca's hybrid delivery format, with some courses available in Seneca's flexible delivery format. Some coursework is online, and some must be completed in person. 

For courses offered in a flexible delivery format, professors use innovative learning spaces and technology to teach students in a classroom or lab and broadcast in real-time to students attending remotely.

• Photo and signature pages of your passport.
• Your academic record in your native language and official/certified English translation.
• Proof of English Proficiency

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, including six Grade 12 U or M courses with a minimum overall average of 65%, or a mature applicant.

Mature applicants applying to degree programs must be 19 years old by the first day of scheduled classes and have been away from high school for at least two years. 

Mature applicants must meet all program-specific prerequisite courses. Pre-admission testing is not permitted to meet degree program prerequisites.

• Required courses with a minimum final grade of  65% in each:
  • English: Grade 12 ENG4U

China

• Minimum grades of 75% or B in 6 major subjects, including program-required subjects in the final year of high school

Supporting Documents

• 3-year senior high school transcripts
• Academic proficiency test (APT Graded) (Xueye Shuiping Ceshi) or upper middle school graduation exam (Huikao)
• National college entrance examination (Gaokao)

India

• Minimum grades of 65% in all grade 12 subjects. Must have program-required subjects in the final year of high school

Supporting Documents

• Grade 12 and grade 10 certificates awarded by CBSE or CISCE, with transcripts that clearly indicate the grades in percentage. or
• Grade 12 predictive grades and grades 10 certificates, with a transcript that clearly indicate the grades in percentage (for the conditional offer only)

Additional Notes

• Grade 10 math cannot be considered equivalent to grade 12 math.
• Grade 10 science cannot be considered equivalent to grade 12 biology/chemistry.

Iran

• Minimum grades of 65% (13 out of 20) in 5 subjects, including program-required subjects in the final year of high school

Supporting Documents

• Upper secondary high school diploma (certificate of completion of secondary education)
• Transcript (secondary school education report card)